Masarai Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Masarai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Masarai (16) may also be a first name.
Masarai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masarai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Masarai is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Masarai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most widespread last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 60 percent of Masarai reside; 40 percent reside in South Asia and 40 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Masarai is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 16 people.
The last name Masarai is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea Masarai is mostly found in: East Sepik, where 50 percent live and Madang, where 50 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Masarai is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 20 percent live and Malaysia, where 20 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Masarai
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